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Native flowers or wildflowers occupy a special place in our gardens. They are naturally suited to conditions of soil and climate that we find ourselves in, whether too dry, too wet, too shady for many other garden flowers. Wildflowers have ample nectar and pollen to support pollinators that share the same ecosystem. Invite birds, butterflies and hummingbirds into your garden by growing these beautiful native flowers.

This neat and tidy native Agastache has graceful wands of rose-pink waving over the gray-green foliage, a pleasing combination best shown off at the front of the border or in containers. The flowers are sweetly scented and full of nectar and pollen that draw native bees and butterflies. Well-drained soils required.

The Mt. Cuba Center grew and evaluated 'Purple Rooster' over several years, and their enthusiasm for this new variety never waned. Purple flowers sit atop sturdy stems and mildew-free foliage, for no mildew was ever observed by the researchers in the botanical garden. An easy, trouble-free variety that hummingbirds and butterflies love!

Butterflies and bees will delight in the purple bottlebrushes, which bloom from the top down. Combined with its narrow dark green leaves, this tall, deer-proof native adds unusual texture to perennial borders and naturalized spaces. Listed in a 1897 catalog.

A late-blooming larkspur for summer AND shade, what could be better? This elegant woodland edge native loves humus-rich, well-drained alkaline soils and native bee, butterfly, and hummingbirds love it! Native from Maine to Massachusets to North Carolina and parts midwest. Listed in a 1923 American native plant nursery list.

Blooming along roadsides across New England, this vibrant violet-purple flower naturally associates with native ferns that turn glowing amber in fall, creating a beautiful contrast. Their pollen-filled centers attract honeybees plus native bees and butterflies. A multi-tasker, it is a larval host for several butterflies, while traveling Monarchs sip the nectar during their fall migrations.

Native to most of the USA, blue vervain’s branched spikes of purple contrast wonderfully with all those daisies of summer and fall, especially useful in masses with other moisture-loving natives, such as bee balm, swamp milkweed, and sweet coneflower. Best in the wild garden as it runs and self-sows to beautiful effect.

Native to most of the USA, blue vervain’s branched spikes of purple contrast wonderfully with all those daisies of summer and fall, especially useful in masses with other moisture-loving natives, such as bee balm, swamp milkweed, and sweet coneflower. Best in the wild garden as it runs and self-sows to beautiful effect.

When I first laid eyes on this native in full, glorious, finely cut foliage, I didn't care if it bloomed or not, it was that beautiful. But it does bloom, and in fall, it is dotted all over with brilliant violet-purple tufted flowers. Valuable late food source for butterflies too. March and April ship dates may ship as dormant plants.